The video comes in three gut-wrenching installments aptly titled “Reach for the star” that document the entire climb to the crowning star of the skyscraper, one of seven similar building’s around Moscow known in English as “Stalin’s Seven Sisters”.

“The star has always fascinated me, I’d only ever seen birds and builders up there. It’s the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done in my life; please don’t try this at home!” Pirniyazov commented on the video.